By Harrison Hove
WCMH
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The life-saving drug naloxone (Narcan) will no longer require a prescription at Ohio CVS locations starting next month. The drug has been used by first responders to revive heroin or opiate overdose victims. Loved ones of heroin users previously had to obtain a prescription from a doctor.
Columbus Health Commissioner Dr. Teresa Long explains, “We know this is a daily thing. Maybe 6, 7, 8 times a day our Columbus EMS are administering that and that’s only if they get there and get to the place at the right time.”
More than 15,000 doses of naloxone, also known as Narcan, was given by EMS responders statewide in 2014.
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